5 stone 26 weeks - Anyhow that works for you

[stillplentyofjunkinthetrunk]

If you have a bit more to lose and will be doing this for a while and want a nice supportive crowd to hang out with while you're at it this might be the thread for you.

Thanks@SisterAgatha well done on your 2lb loss and your overall weight loss you're doing so well.

Hi, I’m hoping that by posting I can start to make myself more accountable for getting back into the right mindset for this.
I was on the last thread and had some fantastic support from the people on there. Now we seem to have a whole new set of lovely posters so looking forward to getting back in the zone with you all.
A brief overview of my weight history- at my heaviest I was around 125kg. I got down to 96kg just before the pandemic started. My weight fluctuated from then until summer last year when I decided to hit the stop button and with the help of a relationship break up and a gym/swim membership I got back down to 97kg just before Christmas.
I am the early stages of a new relationship and that, combined with Christmas/winter stodge needs, have meant that I have taken my foot off the pedal.
SO… I’m back, easing back into things. Everyone seems to have made a great start, some great losses already 🌟

SW May 23- 17st 8lbs
CW Jan24 - 15 st 8lbs
TW - 13st

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Looking forward to hearing all your updates 💪🏻💪🏻

Well done @Gabriella83 3 pounds is a great loss and you hit your mini goal! So cool!

@PotatoFan even when you're burning fat at a completely consistent rate the scales usually bounce up and down due to all the other fluctuations in weight. It all averages out in the end the weight is just the best way of collecting data to see the trend. So never let yourself stress too much about what the scales say on a particular day.

@gabriella

Well done on you loss @SisterAgatha

Thanks @Hurryupharry have a lovely weekend

Down 2lb
pretty pleased with that
sw 14 1
cw 1313
1st aim 12 s
final target 10s

hoping to lose 2 per week , I have a wedding to go to in exactly 12 weeks so will ( fingers crossed ) be close to that first target

well done @KrazyboutKillian yeah you should definitely be able to see and feel a difference in 12 weeks.

I need some motivation! I've been doing well since the first, haven't felt deprived, haven't lost as much as I could but opting for slow and steady, it was all going well but I've woken up this morning and my motivation has just disappeared.

I'm going to read through the thread again to remind myself what can be accomplished. It's great hearing about everyone's success. I'm looking forward to hearing more tomorrow

Keep going @Penguinpairs 💪 You are doing so well 😊 I have been following the slow and steady approach and have lost nearly 3 stone since last June. I have had blips along the way, but overall, I have managed to stay on track. I feel so much better both in terms of health and confidence. Small steps, self care and consistency....You've got this x

I think we can all relate to how you're feeling@Penguinpairs .
I felt like that yesterday. KFC was calling me as I'd got over hungry. I had a battle with myself and we went home and cooked instead. DH mentioned kfc but we decided that we would be cheating ourselves. We last had a takeaway returning from holiday on new years day. For us that's a miracle. It was previously 2 or 3 times a week. I keep telling myself cooking at home will pay for another holiday and some new smaller clothes that I'll hopefully need. It's hard to change a mindset that has been many years in the making but we can do this!

i would also surmise unhealthy methodology and not sustainable?

Not necessarily, it depends on a host of factors

If you are 25 stone, the idea of losing a lb a week means that for 6 months you remain much more overweight for that period of time than if you lost 5 stone quickly

The health benefits of being 20% lighter outweigh the speed of loss and any impact of eating fewer nutrients, especially if one is clever about supplements.

Lets say the person loses another 5 stone in the following 6 months, they're now 25% lighter from the 20 stone. Far less fat around their organs, joints less impacted, more energy, more confidence. The benefits are enormous (no pun intended)

As long as someone is ensuring they get the right nutrients and their bloods are good, its 'healthy'. And much healthier than carrying the heavy weight and losing it slowly

Is it sustainable? Any weight loss is unsustainable or sustainable dependent on the person.

Valid points. But what I mean about unhealthy and not sustainable I’m talking more about the psychology of it. That kind of rapid weight loss would usually mean quite severe methods of dieting.

maybe crash dieting, food group restrictions etc. The weight may drop but those diets aren’t healthy and can cause their own issues plus not sustainable. It’s why a lot of people struggle with dieting anyway … they’ll go all out during the week for example and binge at weekend, or they’ll have a couple of months of doing really well and then start eating like they used to and it all ends up back on.

we Don’t get fat overnight - we shouldn’t expect to lose it overnight either is what I was driving at. Slow and steady, with positive long term sustainable changes to diet and exercise is the optimum way to do it isn’t it?

according to dr Michael mostly studies have shown that an initial decent loss is an indicator as to how well a person will continue with a diet ( better eating ) long term

Just here to say that motivation often escapes all of us, today I am struggling not to go to costa but in my head replaying over and over is the voice of Augustus Gloops mother in Willy Wonka saying “Augustus! Save some room for later!”

Shes entirely right, I can spend the cals on 4 chocolate orange slices. FOUR!

I don’t know if this helps anyone but it’s getting me through the day today 🤣

Possibly, I really think it depends

It depends on whether you see the weight loss period as long term

The weight loss period can be short term, then you move to maintenance. Both involve changes to diet and exercise, you cant maintain any loss if you just go back to what you were doing, and any change is what humans struggle with food wise.

I see it all the time on here people baulking at the word 'diet' as if its different to 'a new way of eating/sustainable change'

Yes those two things are the same, if you need to get 5 or 10 stone off, you're going to have to eat less, which ever way you do that. And then at the end of that you're going to have eat less than you did before you lost weight so you maintain the loss.

Eating less is pretty difficult because food is nice!!!

But the motivation felt when its dropping off is fantastic, then you can move around easier, everything is just easier.

I would be interested in whether there is a difference between male and female dieters in terms of sustainability because weight just bloody drops off men, they lose it quickly. And my theory is they maintain it. Women dont tend to.

Wanted to pop in and mention a non-scale victory.

My phone has informed me today that over the last 4 weeks my average resting heart rate has reduced from 79 to 69bpm. So even though I'm only 2 weeks into the healthier eating and exercise and 7lbs down there is a tangible improvement in my health.

Well done! Personally, I think that's far healthier than a reduction in weight. Fantastic work!

@Pssspsss

The time allotted to go from the start of my diet to my target weight is 2 years, this is hardly overnight in my opinion. Setting goals in 6 months chunks is not overnight. Not everyone should be aiming to lose 5 stone in six months, but I am. You are probably aware that general advice as a healthy sustainable weight loss goal is 1 - 2lbs (or 0.5 - 1kg) per week. This requires a calorie deficit of 500 - 1000 calories per week. For the seriously obese though the advice goes up to 2 - 3 lbs (or 1kg - 1.5kg) per week.

To achieve a weight loss rate of 32kg in 26 weeks is an average fat burn of 1.25kg per week, ( which is 2 & 3/4 lbs) well within the recommended range. This requires a calorie deficit of 1250 calories per day. I absolutely agree that this is not the right target for everyone. I am equally certain that it is right for me.

You may not be aware but total daily energy expenditure depends on your current size as well as your activity level. My maintenance calories at my target weight are 1400 per day so part of my goals is normalising eating 1400 calories as a normal amount of food. My average calories this week remain over 1400. What creating a calorie deficit of 1250 calories per day looks like varies enormously based on where you're coming from.

If this isn't for you please do select a thread whose goals more closely align with your own. Or if your prefer hang out here whilst aiming to create a deficit of 500 calories per day and losing 1lb a week which absolutely is the right rate for some people.

That's awesome thanks so much for sharing!

@stillplentyofjunkinthetrunk
absolutely agree.

@stillplentyofjunkinthetrunk Eating at the maintenance calories for your target weight and accepting that that means faster weight loss at the start and slower weight loss at the end is a great plan, as it’s setting yourself up for success in maintaining the weight.

I’m 19 stone so I also use a lot of calories just to exist, and 5 stone in 6 months is the right level of challenge for me. It is doable but only if I stick to it well, I need that kind of challenge to help me stick to it.

The professional I’m seeing set a challenge that isn’t even a 1 stone loss in 6 months. That doesn’t engage me enough, at my weight a 1 stone loss isn’t giving me enough benefits or enough challenge.

Happy Scale predicts that at 2lbs a week I’ll reach the 5 stone loss in August, or at my current rate (3.35 lb a week) I’ll reach it in May. I’d be over the moon if it is somewhere in between as my rate of loss will slow over time.

Sorry point of clarification to burn fat at a rate of 1kg per week you need to create an AVERAGE calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day. 7000 in total.

SW - 1st Jan - 225 lb
WC 8th Jan - 220 lb
WC 15th Jan - 217 lb

Total Loss - 8 lb

Another 2lb off for me making a total loss so far of 6lb! Hoping to hit half a stone next week 🤞🏻 good luck to all for weigh ins!

Congratulations @FlabMonsterIsDietingAgain on your loss! Smashing it!